The book focuses on aerogels for biomedical applications, thermal insulation, energy storage, fuel cells, batteries and environmental remediation.

• front-matter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Summary
• 1
  • Polymer Aerogels: Preparation and Potential for Biomedical Application
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Polysaccharides as a basis for aerogels production
    • 2.1 Cellulose as the world's most abundant organic resource
    • 2.2 Plant polysaccharide main starch
    • 2.3 Other polysaccharides
  • 3. Preparation of polymeric aerogels
    • 3.1 Polymeric aerogels can be designed to have defined pores
  • 4. Drying of polymeric aerogel
    • 4.1 Supercritical drying
    • 4.2 Freeze-drying
  • 5. Biomedical applications
    • 5.1 Chitosan aerogels may accelerate blood coagulation
    • 5.2 Pectin aerogel can carry pharmaceuticals
    • 5.3 Cellulose aerogel is used for wound healing
    • 5.4 Alginate aerogel is thermogenic intelligent and pH sensitive
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
• 2
  • Aerogels for Biomedical Applications
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Aerogels in biomedicine
    • 2.1 Aerogels in drug delivery
    • 2.2 Aerogels in biomedical implantable devices
    • 2.3 Aerogels in tissue engineering and bone regeneration
    • 2.4 Aerogels in biosensing
  • 3. Future prospects and conclusions
  • References
• 3
  • Bioaerogels: Synthesis Approaches, Biomedical Applications and Cell Uptake
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Bioaerogels synthesis
    • 2.1 Chitin bioaerogels
    • 2.2 Chitosan bioaerogels
    • 2.3 Alginate and agar bioaerogels
    • 2.4 Cellulose bioaerogels
  • 3. Biomedical applications of bioaerogels
    • 3.1 Bioaerogels can be used to support drug administration
    • 3.2 Bioaerogels can be used as tissue engineering scaffolding
  • 4. Biocompatibility, toxicity, biodegradability and intracellular absorption
    • 4.1 Bioaerogels have biocompatibility and low toxicity
    • 4.2 Bioaerogels are biodegradable and are absorbed via intracellular
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
• 4
  • Aerogels for Insulation Applications
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Aerogel as insulating material
  • 3. Processing of insulation aerogel
  • 4. Thermal insulation properties
    • 4.1 Insulation of aerogel as composite material
    • 4.1.1 Solid phase
    • 4.1.2 Liquid phase
  • 5. Applications of insulation aerogels
  • Conclusions
  • References
• 5
  • Aerogels as Catalyst Support for Fuel Cells
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Carbon based aerogels
    • 2.1 Carbon aerogels
    • 2.2 Graphene aerogels
    • 2.3 Doped aerogels
    • 2.4 Mesoporous carbon
  • 3. Non-precious catalyst using aerogels as support for DMFC applications
  • Conclusionand outlook
  • References
• 6
  • Aerogels Utilizations in Batteries
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Types of batteries
    • 2.1 Lead - acid battery
    • 2.2 Metal - ion battery
    • 2.3 Metal air battery
    • 3.1 Carbon aerogel
    • 3.2 Graphene Aerogel
    • 3.3 Silicon aerogel
    • 3.4 Metallic aerogel
    • 3.5 Composite electrodes
  • Conclusions
  • References
• 7
  • Aerogels Materials for Applications in Thermal Energy Storage
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Current status of the aerogel in thermal storage
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
• 8
  • Aerogels for Sensor Application
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Classification and physicochemical properties of aerogels
    • 2.1 Inorganic aerogels
    • 2.2 Oxide-based aerogels
    • 2.3 Metallic aerogels (MAgs)
    • 2.4 Carbon aerogels (CAgs)
    • 2.5 Chalcogenide aerogels
    • 2.6 Organic aerogels (OAgs)
    • 2.7 Hybrid aerogels (HAgs)
  • 3. Sensors application
    • 3.1 Gas sensors
    • 3.2 Gas-phase sensing
    • 3.3 Water vapor sensor
    • 3.4 Oxygen sensor
    • 3.5 Pressure sensor
    • 3.6 Strain sensor
    • 3.7 Stress sensors
    • 3.8 Hydrogen peroxide sensor
    • 3.9 Electrochemical sensor
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
• 9
  • Aerogels as Pesticides
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Uses in agriculture
  • 3. Aerogels as acaricides
  • 4. Aerogels as insecticides
  • Conclusion
  • References
• back-matter
  • Keyword Index
  • About the Editors